Setting

SETTING
The North Carolina Piedmont-based trio of multi-instrumentalists Jaime Fennelly (Mind Over Mirrors), Nathan Bowles (Black Twig Pickers) and Joe Westerlund (Califone) subvert expectations while creating a sense of ease and wonderment. Their intricate interplay of synthesizers, cassette loops, banjo, keyboards, electronics, zithers, and a litany of percussive instruments form a tactile amalgam of celestial transcendence and terrestrial rhythm, a loamy pulse fluidly guiding every minute fluctuation in feel. Setting’s self-titled album (Thrill Jockey) is a robust wellspring of hypnagogic grooves and mosaiced textures.

HIGH ALPINE HUT NETWORK
High Alpine Hut Network is a psychedelic fusion group that has released 2 EP's & are currently working on their first full length album.

"We are an improvising band that focus’ on immediate connection. As individuals, we became stumped by our previous groups solely performing worked out arrangements & decided to form a project dedicated to intentional, non-judgemental improvisations. Our common goal is to honour the present moment & allow ourselves to change shape based on the mood of the members, the surroundings & the energy of the audience."

SHABASON / GUNNING
Toronto dream-duo Joseph Shabason and Ben Gunning map fragmented cityscapes from bent electronics and late-night FM jazz transmissions.

After recording their debut in a remote cottage in Northern Ontario, the duo relocated their jams to Shabason’s Toronto studio where they gained unlimited access to a virtual cornucopia of analog and digital gear and had the time to really push those instruments to the brink. Fuelled with off-brand club soda, the ethos was to infuse the music itself with a sense of discovery. It’s heart is warm and human, favouring performance and play over presets and quantization. If J Dilla was able to teach an MPC jazz, Shabason / Gunning aim to teach their hardware the ECM version.

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